The Emir of Qatar’s Daughter Spends $1B a Year on Art

That put on top of an annual list of art world power players

ArtReview put Sheikha al-Mayassa al-Thani, the daughter of the emir of Qatar, at the top of its annual Power 100 list, which ranks the art world’s most powerful players. According to the magazine, Sheikha’s “vast purchasing power and willingness to spend at a rate estimated to be $1 billion a year – in order to get top works of art for its Doha museums,” made her the most powerful person in the international art market, Reuters notes.